First Iran-Made Dynamitron Accelerator Unveiled
The ceremony was held in the presence of Iranian Vice- President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami and Minister of Science, Research, and Technology Mohammad Ali Zulfigol on the occasion of the Research Week in Iran.
Addressing the ceremony, Eslami said, "It is important to us to enjoy the know-how about all the components of the process of turning an idea into a product and turning technology into a system, and finally creating knowledge-based economy."
He pointed to the sanctions against Iran, and said, “With the leader’s guidelines and the efforts of our colleagues in the AEOI, many borders were broken and the belief in the ability was created.”
During the ceremony, several agreements of cooperation were also signed between the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and the Atomic Energy Organization.
The Dynamitron is an electrostatic particle accelerator used to generate a high DC voltage on an electrode, which accelerates particles through an evacuated beam tube between the electrode and a target at ground potential.
Dynamitron accelerator device has applications in the field of food irradiation, sterilization of medical equipment, wire and cable irradiation, tire irradiation, foam and heat shrinkable material irradiation, sewage irradiation, ion implantation, ion beam analysis, and neutron generator in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT).
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